COVID vaccines expected to be available to Washington kids under 5 beginning Monday
Shane Ersland | Jun 16, 2022 | Washington
Washington hospitals over capacity with rise in COVID cases, barrier patients
Shane Ersland | Jun 8, 2022 | Washington
Divided California Assembly approves bill prohibiting COVID-19 misinformation from providers
Eli Kirshbaum | Jun 2, 2022 | California
Should California be able to govern the speech of medical professionals for the sake of preventing misinformation? Based on the Assembly’s recent passage of Assembly Bill 2098, the majority of the chamber’s representatives think it should. The legislation did, however, receive 20 “no” votes and has been the subject of
In-person learning on track for rest of school year, but Oregon health officials urge mitigation strategies for COVID
Shane Ersland | May 18, 2022 | Oregon
While Oregon schools will be operating with in-person learning practices in place through the remainder of the year, health officials urge caution as the COVID-19 BA.2 subvariant continues to spur a rise in cases. State Health Officer and Epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger issued a media briefing on various
BA.2 variant pushing a spike in COVID-19 cases in Alaska
Shane Ersland | May 18, 2022 | Alaska
The BA.2 variant has become the dominant COVID-19 strain in Alaska, and is pushing a spike in case counts in the state. Alaska had 1,675 positive COVID cases from May 11th-17th. That was an 11% increase from the previous week (May 4th-10th), in which the state had 1,506
Although reported numbers are unreliable, Oregon health officials indicate rise in COVID cases
Shane Ersland | May 5, 2022 | Oregon
While the current case count data is largely unreliable due to several factors, Oregon health officials estimate that positive COVID-19 diagnoses are on the rise. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Director Patrick Allen updated Oregon Health Policy Board members on case counts Tuesday. “The nature of the numbers we’ve been
Bill to allow clergy to visit LTC patients advances in second chamber
Eli Kirshbaum | Mar 21, 2022 | Arizona
Building off of a bill he passed last year in the Arizona Legislature allowing clergy to visit patients in hospitals, Rep. Quang Nguyen (R - Prescott) is sponsoring a bill to implement the same visitation rights for residents of long-term care facilities. The legislation passed the House with a near-unanimous
Colorado hospitals deactivate the Combined Hospital Transfer Center
Colorado Hospital Association | Mar 3, 2022 | Colorado
The Combined Hospital Transfer Center (CHTC), a statewide collaboration between hospitals and health systems across Colorado that was developed in 2020 and activated at two points during the COVID-19 pandemic to address rising hospitalizations and capacity challenges, was deactivated [on Tuesday]. During the recent activation for the surges of Delta